Improved washing-machine



WILLIAM BADGER, OFHASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK.v

Letters Patent No. 102,472, lated May 3, 1870.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I. WILLIAM BAnGEmof Hastings-on-Hudsou, iu the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement iu lvashingdl/lachine; and I do hereby declare that the'followiug is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, whiclrwill enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming partofthisspecifica-tion. g

This invention relates to improvements iu washingmachiues, aud consists in a simple and inexpensive attachment to ordinary wash-tubs for converting them into washing-machines with oscillating beaters, the same being suspended ou a cover arranged for detachable connection to the tub, by means ot' keys wcdging into the holes ofthe handles, and clamping the cover down ou the top of the tub.

Figure l is a sectional elevation of a com mou washtub converted into a washing-niacinue by my improved attachment, and

Figure 2 is a view of the beaters and their shaft detached from the cover.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspomli'ug (l represents keys fit-ted for driving into the holes inthe handles, from the inside and above the cover, for clamping it down and holding it temporarily.

The said keys are preferably connected to the cover by cords or chains D, for convenience iu keeping them together.

E is an oscillating shaft fitted to the under side ot' the'cover, and provided with. arms or beaters 11", for action outlie'clothes to be placed in the tub.

G is ahandle arraugedflbr passing through a notch in the top of the cover, a-nll'attachiug to the shaft E for oscillating it, by moving the. said handle hack and forth.

The shaft, beaters7 and handle may be made of niet-al, and galvanized, or otherwise prepared to resist the corroding action of thc water, and the cover may be made of wood, or other suitable substance.

It will be seen that this simple attachment readily couverts the ordinary wash-tub into an cfiicieut washing-machine, by which the clot-hes may ybe washed more rapidly and easily than on the board, and. that the said attachment being removed from the tub leaves it free for the uses of an ordinarywash-tub.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters .Iateiiti 'llhe combination, with awash-tub, of a cover, B, having an oscillating shaft and agitatiug rotating arms attached, and arranged for operation by a hand-lever,

Gr, the said cover being arranged for attachment to the tub by wedges C, substantially as specified.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 24th day et' February, 1870... \Vitiiesses: IILIJIAM BADGER.

GEO. .W. Mmm, ALEX. F. Renners. 

